Policy

Allow or Disallow use of encryption to protect the RPC protocol messages between File Share Shadow Copy Provider running on application server and File Share Shadow Copy Agent running on the file servers.

Determines whether the RPC protocol messagese used by VSS for SMB2 File Shares feature is enabled. VSS for SMB2 File Shares feature enables VSS aware backup applications to perform application consistent backup and restore of VSS aware applications storing data on SMB2 File Shares. By default, the RPC protocol message between File Server VSS provider and File Server VSS Agent is signed but not encrypted. Note: To make changes to this setting effective, you must restart Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Service .

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / File Share Shadow Copy Provider
Policy ID 606d03a4b5e6
Internal name Pol_EncryptProtocol

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\fssProv\EncryptProtocol (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\fssProv\EncryptProtocol (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Determines whether the RPC protocol messagese used by VSS for SMB2 File Shares feature is enabled. VSS for SMB2 File Shares feature enables VSS aware backup applications to perform application consistent backup and restore of VSS aware applications storing data on SMB2 File Shares. By default, the RPC protocol message between File Server VSS provider and File Server VSS Agent is signed but not encrypted. Note: To make changes to this setting effective, you must restart Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Service .